US 12,064,301 B2
Dental system and method
Dmitri Boutoussov, Dana Point, CA (US); Doug Patton, Costa Mesa, CA (US); Richard Jackson, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US); and Channing Shattuck, Bonsall, CA (US)
Assigned to Biolase, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed by Biolase, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/449,464.
Application 18/449,464 is a continuation of application No. 17/492,827, filed on Oct. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,723,747.
Application 17/492,827 is a continuation of application No. 15/851,452, filed on Dec. 21, 2017, granted, now 11,202,687, issued on Dec. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/438,741, filed on Dec. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033038 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01)
CPC A61C 1/0015 (2013.01) [A61C 1/0046 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dental system comprising:
at least one dental station including at least one dental treatment device;
at least one processor;
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in data communication with the at least one processor, the at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including program instructions executable by the at least one processor enabling or operating an exchange of data between the at least one dental station and at least one remote network; and
at least one Graphic User Interface (GUI) display configured and arranged to display at least a plurality of operating parameters or functions of the at least one dental station,
wherein the program instructions include instructions sufficient to direct the at least one processor to update the at least one GUI display with a plurality of user-selectable graphics relating to the dental station and another plurality of user-selectable graphics relating to dental procedures, at least a plurality of the user-selectable graphics arranged on a central display; and
wherein selection of at least one of the plurality of user-selectable graphics controls at least one function of the at least one dental station and selection of at least another of the plurality of user-selectable graphics controls at least one dental procedure-related function of the at least one dental station.